Wednesday Market Snapshot

Asset

Current Value

Daily Change

S&P 500

2,687

0.06%

DAX 30

11,300

-0.07%

WTI Crude Oil

51.09

-1.92%

GOLD

1,213

-0.13%

Bitcoin

4,194

11.28%

EUR/USD

1.1276

-0.09%

Financial markets are mixed with a slight positive bias amid the continued trade confusion, with investors trying to guess the likelihood of, at least, a draft agreement between the US and China this weekend on the G20 summit.

While European assets remains relatively weak, US stocks continue to be strong well on the heels of the better-than-expected Black Friday sales, the bullish seasonality, and the declining rate hike expectations. The rest of the week will likely be defining for equities and risk assets in general, starting with today’s speech by Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

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The central banker, who has been once again attacked by President Trump for the Fed’s too tight monetary policies had a surprisingly dovish speech two weeks ago, and investors are eagerly waiting for a confirmation regarding Mr. Powell’s flexibility, ahead of tomorrow’s PCE Price Index and Fed meeting minutes.

The major US indices are trading near key resistance levels following the bounce of the recent days, but despite their relative strength a short-term trend change is not confirmed yet, even as a year-end short-covering rally still seems likely, especially should the G20 summit provide a positive outcome.

USD/JPY, 4-Hour Chart Analysis

The week’s slight risk-on shift is putting pressure on the main safe-haven assets, with both the Japanese yen and Gold losing ground in recent days. The Yen’s weakness is the most apparent against the Dollar that has been drifting higher compared to all of its major peers. The USD/JPY pair is now close to topping the 114 level again, while also nearing the upper boundary of a broader bullish consolidation pattern.

The Dollar’s rally, which hasn’t been stopped by the string of weaker-than-expected US economic releases so far, brought the broader Dollar index up to its recent 16-month high, and although the Greenback is flat so far today, the broader uptrend remains dominant in the reserve currency.

Europe Fails to Join Rally as Oil Remains Under Pressure

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Although today, the second reading of the US GDP print came in below expected, matching the originally reported 3.5%, the major European indices continue to perform weaker than their US peers, with the DAX being among the weakest benchmarks in the developed world. The slightly worse-than expected German consumer confidence weighed on sentiment today, even as Theresa May showed surprising flexibility when she said that she would accept re-writes of the original draft Brexit plan. While the Great British Pound rallied on the news, European equities failed to show strength, and the common currency only ticked slightly higher.

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Commodities are having yet another mixed and hectic session, with oil turning lower yet again amid supply worries regarding Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom wants coordinated effort from OPEC nations and Russia to stop the bleeding in the market, and the fact that the Saudis are hesitant to reduce supply on their own pushed the crucial commodity back towards the $50 per barrel level. While that’s bad news for the energy segment, the decline in US yields is likely connected to the steep fall in the price of oil.

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ADA/USDT in the very latter stages of trading on Sunday was seen nursing chunky losses of over 5%. The price has continued to trade within a choppy nature, a failure to see commitment from either bear or bull camp for ten sessions now. Market participants have been treading extremely cautiously since the steep fall on 10th January. ADA/USDT had plummeted a whopping 22% within the mentioned session. It was the biggest drop in a single session observed since 16th January 2018, where the price tanked around 44%.

Head and Shoulders Formation

ADA/USDT daily chart.

Looking via the daily chart view, price action has been constructing a head and shoulders pattern formation. The left shoulder and head are seen with the right shoulder close to completion. Currently the price on the latest candlestick heading south is edging closer to the neckline, which will determine whether the textbook pattern will materialize. In terms of the vital support (neckline), this is tracking at $0.047000. Should the bears sustain the downside momentum observed in this session, then a breakout could be seen in the next day or two.

Key Support Areas

A breach of the above-detailed neckline will likely open another wave of hard selling pressure. On this potential note, key areas of comfort should be known at $0.039000 (daily support), $0.035500 (27-28th December 2018 low area). Going by the distance between the head and neckline of the pattern, a drop down to the December 2018 lows may be seen. As a result, this would see a retest of the low area from 7th-15th December, $0.027600. Strong buyers came into play here in mid-December to send ADA/USDT back into a decent upside trend.

ADA/BTC Technical Review

ADA/BTC daily chart.

Upside is capped as the price trades within a very stubborn area of supply. There is a chunky amount of resistance that tracks from 0.00001400 down to 0.00001200. The price has not traded comfortably above this region since the start of September 2018. Furthermore, given the continued rejection and lack of upside momentum, ADA/BTC could be seen back down to the demand area below, 0.00001000. Further south, eyes would be on December low area, 0.00000800.

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Price Behavior

DASH/USDT has been trading within a $6 range for the tenth session in a row, at the time of writing. The upper part of this range should be noted at $73. Looking to the downside, the lower support of the formation is seen at $67. The price, like many of its peers within the cryptocurrency market, is stuck within a narrowing range block. They are all currently demonstrating strong downside vulnerabilities, given the current behaviour.

This trading range came after a steep fall in the market last Thursday, 10th January. Double-digit losses were seen across the board after moving within a prior narrowing range formation. DASH/USDT had a strong run from 15th – 24th December, gaining as much as 81% within that time frame. Following the high print towards the latter part of that period, at $102.50, price cooling was seen and then begun to trade sideways.

Between 26th December 2018 – 9th January 2019, DASH/USDT was moving between a narrow $86 at the high and $73 at the low. This led to the explosive breakout to the downside, where the price dropped around 20% on 10th January.

Trust Wallet Supports Dash (DASH)

Trust Wallet, a mobile crypto wallet owned by Binance, announced earlier this week that it has added support for Dash. The announcement followed after just a week ago, when the wallet provider revealed the support of Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin (BTC), and Bitcoin Cash (BCH). In addition, the app also supports Ethereum (ETH), Ethereum Classic (ETC), Tron (TRX) and others.

The team at Trust Wallet, upon their DASH support update, also left users somewhat excited about further announcements lined up. They stated, “Going forward, we will monitor the performance and stability of our Dash release very closely, and if everything works well, hopefully, we can surprise you with more new coins in the coming weeks!”

Technical Review – DASH/USDT

DASH/USDT daily chart.

A breakout of the key mentioned levels that make up either side of the range, $72 and $67, will likely determine the next committed trend. Firstly, in terms of the next major area of support south, eyes will be on the December low area, $58. To the north, drop supply remains heading into and just above the psychological $100 mark.

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5 Things To Watch Next Week + ChartBook

ECB Faces Tough Task as Eurozone Continues to Slow

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This week’s G20 meeting in Tokio for finance ministers and central bankers was eclipsed by the trade-war-related developments, but next week, the European Central Bank will surely be at the center of attention. The ECB is lagging behind the Fed in the normalization of its monetary policies, and we doubt that it will ever reach hiking rates before the next recession strikes Europe.

Economic numbers alarmingly deteriorated in recent months, the Euro is among the weakest major currencies, and with the Brexit process still looking uncertain, it’s hard to see how Mario Draghi &. Co. will navigate through the next months. While the current risk rally might make bulls think that all is well, the major European indices are still in deep technical trouble, and the as the economic cycle is turning down, we don’t think that the ECB has too many options.

The recent dovish shift could mean that the ECB will also sound the alarms, and we will see further weakness in the Euro and a possible extension of the counter-trend move in the European indices as well. That said, the ECB’s position is desperate from a broader perspective, as its only ammunition is more quantitative easing in the case of a deeper economic downturn.

$1.5 Trillion of Earnings Out after Trade-Fueled Surge on Wall Street

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Following a mixed weak of financial earnings, with strength in the core businesses and weakness in trading performance for the most important players, this week we will have a more balanced mix of quarterly earnings reports in the US. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Procter & Gamble (PG), IBM (IBM), and Intel (INTC) will be the most important, and although the dollar’s Q4 strength could weigh on global revenues, the domestic numbers should be still fine.

With that in mind, the reports could still boost stocks after the December plunge, but we think that the fuel is running out, and investors shouldn’t get excited about the historic short squeeze. Also, we have doubts about the Chinese plan to reduce the US trade deficit, as even the Asian giant is serious about it, implementing such a plan seems to be more borderline impossible, let alone in a few short years. So while the rally could still go on, at these levels, short positions could already be opened on US equities.

EUR/USD Falls Despite Risk Rally as Treasury Yields Hit 3-Week High

EUR/USD, 4-Hour Chart Analysis

We saw signs of technical weakness this week in the most traded forex pair, as it completed a failed break-out pattern above the 1.15 level and dipped clearly below 1.14 towards the end of the week. US Treasury yields continued to rise, on the heels of the strong rally in stocks, and the relatively stable economic numbers from the US added to the pressure on the common currency.

With the ECB’s monetary meeting coming up, we could see wild swings especially in the second half of the week, but for now, the direction looks clear, and new lows are likely in the coming months. Given the technical weakness even a quick test of the 1.12 level and a sharp sell-off to new lows is possible, should risk assets turn south next week.

AUD/USD, Our Canary in the Coalmine, Showing Weakness

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The Aussie, which has been rising together with other risk assets showed relative weakness this week, despite the rise in commodities and the positive news concerning the US-Chinese trade talks. The AUD/USD pair has been a very good indicator for the risk-on/risk-off shifts in recent months so this weakness should be closely monitored by investors.

From a technical standpoint, the pair is trading in a crucial price range between 0.7150 and 0.72 following the post-flash-crash rally. The bounce was distorted by the flash crash, as it wiped clean several important stop-loss zones, causing pain for bears and bulls alike. With the declining long-term trend clearly being intact, we would once again favor short positions here, even as the short-term trend could still take time to top out.

Besides the ECB and the Bank of Japan we will have key economic indicators coming out almost every day next week. The week will kick off with the quarterly Chinese GDP print and Industrial Production, but elsewhere the economic calendar will be empty on Monday, with US markets being closed oin observation of teh Marting Luther King Jr. day. Europe will be in focus on Tuesday, with the British Employment Report and the German ZEW Sentiment number coming out, while on Wednesday, the BOJ’s monetary meeting and the Canadian Retail Sales Report will likely make waves.

The last two days of the will likely be the most active in traditional financial markets, with the Eurozone Manufacturing and Services PMIs and the ECB’s monetary meeting being scheduled for Thursday. Given the pace of the recent slowdown, which usually precedes recessions, another set of negative surprises could hurt the Euro and European equities alike.

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EEM (Emerging Markets ETF), 4-Hour Chart Analysis

Forex

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EUR/GBP, 4-Hour Chart Analysis

Commodities

WTI Crude Oil, 4-Hour Chart Analysis

Gold Futures, 4-Hour Chart Analysis

Copper Futures, 4-Hour Chart Analysis

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